“If you love me, keep my commands.”
John 14:15
Obedience has some synonyms: compliance, submission, resistance and even respect. When we accept Jesus as our only Lord and Savior of our lives we accept to live a crucified life with Him. This life is to always seek to be at the center of God’s will, respecting his commandments and being under the mission He gives us.
Obediencie is a place
Obedience is a place and disobedience is also. Both are positions in which we decide whether to walk or not. You can enter them, but you can also leave. You can intentionally live in one of these places or abstain completely from where you have been living.
I was once being responsible and leading a ministry in my local church and had received a direction from God to deliver that leadership. I realized that as long as I did not follow and obey this direction I would be living in a place of disobedience and not fulfilling what God had said to my heart.
Disobedience generates fear
“But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
Genesis 3:9-10
This dialogue happened after Adam and Eve mistake, you can see that before the disobedience have happened FEAR had never been cited. When the independence of God and the will to be like Him enter the heart of man, fear takes shape and in response Adam can only say: “I was afraid, and I hid”.
The best choice will always be obedience
Nothing can satisfy our soul but intimacy with our God. Don’t let your mistakes lead you away from God, on the contrary, take them to the foot of the cross with the certainty that God has a better life for you. Don’t let your failures paralyze you, because these mistakes don’t define you.
Keep going! For it is in obedience to God that you will find robes of love to wear and not guilt and fear. Purpose to fulfill, wisdom from on high, the peace you seek so much and the powerful truth of being who God created you to be.
So, go back to the place of obedience, where there is true surrender and surrender. There is no better place for you to live well and flourish than this one.
Robes of love. I love that !
Amen, glory be to God
Thank you for this message very inspiring and enlightened me to continue to be obedience with God’s will. Godbless and continue to be a blessing to us.
You are a living inspiration, an author imparting the right food for the soul, a sincere witness occupying for the Master before He returns.
May God multiply your zeal, grace, joy and steadfastness. Thank you for lubricating our focus on Jesus Christ.
Maria Clara Arruda, you must be a angel of God. Thank you so much for your wonderful work. 😇
Indeed, without obedience we can’t please God. 🙏 ❤️
A place called obedience. Amen.
I am encouraged
“So, go back to the place of obedience, where there is true surrender and surrender. There is no better place for you to live well and flourish than this one” Lord, just as I read this, I surrender. Let me live in a place of obedience… #My sheep know My voice”Amen
A remarkable message indeed. I am one of those persons who operates in disobedience out of fear l yearned to be obedience to God when l am prompted by the Holy spirit May He delivers me out of my fear so as to operate in obedience to Him
Thank you for being obedience to His voice.
Beautiful article and also inspired with wisdom for God and Jesus Christ!! I wish the world could see that God is our Creator and He Bless His children who Trust in Him!!!
I liked your article and agree. But I have some constructive criticism. Do not be afraid to be bold. You called what Adam and Eve did a “mistake” and what we do “mistakes.” But, we are not called “mistakers” in the Bible, we are called “sinners.” When we do wrong it is sin. If Adam and Eve just made a mistake, it softens it and makes it sound like it was unintentional, but we know different. The Gospel is an offense to those that don’t listen. Some need to be offended.
God speed.
Amen. I agree we need to be offended. Because so much slips by ir hasnt been talked about in churches because of fear the people will leave.
Amen Amen Amen
How do we always know what is will is for us, so that we may obey?
always pray for confirmation
His will is written clearly in the bible, we must read it, study it, meditate upon it, learn it, love it , and apply it to our daily lives, cherish it and not let anything or anyone get in the way of the true word of God and take it away from us or change it in any way.
Oseas 4;6 in the bible it clearly tells us ,”My people are destoyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a preist to me and since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.”
Thank you for that teaching
So true, looking back to the roots of our nature we try to make excuses to be in favor with God when in reality God has already forgiven us and we just have to realize that we have to offer up our sins to him to receive that forgiveness in earnest.
Beautiful ❤️ Obedience is a positioning, that’s a mouth full right there! Great job author 👏, thank you holy spirit for the inspiration!
A great message to hear today, really needed this. God bless you
Amen obedient is what most of us lack today even in church
Knowing God words is a true blessing
Robes of love and not guilt! Hallelujah
We seek to find god but god is not hidden.He lives within us .we need to pray daily for his guidance not ours.
Beautifully written!
Thank you and May God Bless you.
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Thank you for the anointed word.
Sometimes a person just need to hear this things. Know that God is with you, you just need to hear and obey him all will be well.
Wow! This is a revelation of God’s Spirit to know that obedience is a positioning. I am blessed! Thank God for His Word!
Amen, thank you Maria for this message on obedience, many of us still cjise the place of disobedience but being reminded of this shortcoming through a message like this will bring us back.
God bless you. Amen
I appreciate the message content of the write up.
Glory to God Almighty for this beautiful piece. It is inspirational. God bless the author.
Thank you for this powerful word
Amen What a mouthful Blessing was this teaching 🙇
That was exactly what I was needed to hear. Thank you. God bless you.
Awesome
Thank you for this
Thank you
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Amen and amen🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Thank you for this!
Amen